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The disparity grows when property prices appreciate by more than 2% a year. The Case–Shiller housing index shows prices in Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Francisco appreciated 170% from 1987 (the start of available data) to 2012 while the 2% cap only allowed a 67% increase in taxes on homes that were not sold during this 26-year period. [33]
Property taxes remained a major source of government revenue below the state level. Hard times during the Great Depression led to high delinquency rates and reduced property tax revenues. [68] Also during the 1900s, many jurisdictions began exempting certain property from taxes. Many jurisdictions exempted homes of war veterans.
At 7.25%, California has the highest minimum statewide sales tax rate in the United States, [8] which can total up to 10.75% with local sales taxes included. [9]Sales and use taxes in California (state and local) are collected by the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration, whereas income and franchise taxes are collected by the Franchise Tax Board.
Under Proposition 218, every local government tax is either a general tax or a special tax. [55] Proposition 218 does not allow a local tax to be a hybrid tax. [53] The type of tax a local government levies (whether general or special) is legally important because it determines the applicable voter approval requirement.
The collection of almost all state sales taxes and special fees, prior to the formation of the Administration, was handled by the California State Board of Equalization, a constitutional body composed of constitutional offices; despite almost a century of attempts to reform the Board, owing to various corruption-related concerns, these efforts were not successful for most of its history. [3]
Rates were raised in 1864. This income tax was repealed in 1872. A new income tax statute was enacted as part of the 1894 Tariff Act. [20] [21] At that time, the United States Constitution specified that Congress could impose a "direct" tax only if the law apportioned that tax among the states according to each state's census population. [22]
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California Senator William M. Gwin presented a bill that was approved by the Senate and the House and became law on March 3, 1851. [2]: 100 [1] [3]That for the purpose of ascertaining and settling private land claims in the State of California, a commission shall be, and is hereby, constituted, which shall consist of three commissioners, to be appointed by the President of the United States ...